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“It's the most fun you can have for twenty quid”: Motivations, Consequences and Meanings of British Ketamine Use

Karenza Moore Department of Applied Social Science, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fiona Measham Department of Applied Social Science, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Pages 231-244 | Received 01 Feb 2008, Accepted 01 Feb 2008, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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